My self (79 sk, 80 pally and 72 Cleric tried hime today. We could not get on the platform that Jiva stands on. Mobs started spawning every 30 secs but we were not able to melee Jiva. Is there a trick to getting on platform

downed by three monks, all 2.0 anguish/demi gear, two of them switched off aggro with jiva while another killed all the adds, took about 7 minutes. pushover. dropped the rune etched bamboo bo, and I forget what else. t'was easy.

Edited, Oct 21st 2009 4:13pm by Bethgin

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"Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination." Roy Goodman ---------------------------- Brother Bethgin Steelfist 85th monk of Povar server

5 boxed today on Seventh basic strats .... i had 2 monks 1 war 1 beast 1 cleric ... basic strat was my 2 monks waited for adds and pwned adds every 30 to 45 seconds when they popped ... war and beast both stayed in the middle of room on Jiva ( jiva is perma rooted ) .... the room that you pop into with the 2 guards of Jiva repop very fast so you cant stay in there but maybe 5 mins ... basically just move into Jiva circular room ... put tank on Jiva ... Jiva can be fully slowed by a beastlord ... make sure you kill adds very fast as they can CH and getting 3 or more means wiping

The one time we've killed him while I have been around my guild he dropped this sword. Ok sword, but usually rots. This is one of his more common drops, REBB is one of the rarer ones from what I've heard from other monks. If you're gonna kill him make sure to bring along a paladin =P

We did Jiva today with 5 groups Including 2 Enchanters and 2 Bards. He spawns adds every 20-25 seconds or so. Casters fought from the opposite end of the room, any Melee's fighting on the Platform. 2 Paladins assisted the Bard and Enchanters on Crowd Control. Following Jiva Kill Adds were then killed and Jiva Dropped the Bamboo and the Black Basalt Band, a SP and a GRW.

We did Jiva today with 5 groups Including 2 Enchanters and 2 Bards. He spawns adds every 20-25 seconds or so. Casters fought from the opposite end of the room, any Melee's fighting on the Platform. 2 Paladins assisted the Bard and Enchanters on Crowd Control. Following Jiva Kill Adds were then killed and Jiva Dropped the Bamboo and the Black Basalt Band, a SP and a GRW.

Slowable, debuffable, etc. Mobs pop through out the fight, they can be off tanked or mezzed, not sure if rootable. We had an uber (time) 65 bard and a pretty good 65 chanter doing CC. With any reasonable amount of DPS and CC this guy will be a cakewalk.

BBB and REBB seem to be his common drops. Not that I really mind, since they are the best drops. Just curious though, do the swords still drop? We've killed Jiva half a dozen time and have only seen BBB and REBB drop (never 2 staves, but have had 2 rings drop).